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Appendix E.
HOUSE CLEANSING RETURN.
Floors Cleansed.
1924 1925 1926 Eastern Districts (Shaukiwan 1, 1a and 2a, 2) 25,658 28,093 27,804 Central Districts (3, 4 and 5) 25,429 19,462 21,606 Western Central Districts (6, 6a and 7a, 7) 22,051 19,223 16,448 Western Districts (8, 9, and 10) 24,348 21,536 21,703 Aberdeen 574 2,253 2,677 Total 98,060 90,567 90,238 Kowloon (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17) 51,815 44,800 50,095From 19th July to 7th August 1926 House Cleansing Operations were suspended and the staff were employed in clearing up and removing debris and silt deposited by the heavy typhoon rains on night of 18th and 19th July 1926.
Districts Nos. 3, 5, 2, 6, 6a & 7a, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17 and Shaukiwan were cleansed twice, Nos. 1, 1a & 2a, 4, 7, 12, 14, 15 and 16 were cleansed three times and Aberdeen four times.